Tag Archives: Transplant Games

Winner of 10 Academy Awards including Best Picture, this classic musical set among the tenements of New York City finds star-crossed lovers Maria and Tony caught in the midst of a turf war between rival street gangs. Written by Ernest Lehman, Arthur Laurents, and others. Directed by Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise.

Leaders of a local Christian church are bemoaning an act of kindness after spending $2,000 in legal fees and close to two years to try to evict a pair of stubborn squatters they say have no plans to leave. The Queensboro Hill Community Church of Flushing opened its doors to two homeless women and their dog a year-and-a-half ago when church officials found the down-on-their-luck duo sleeping on a mat in a 4×8 room in the basement, said Joe Illigasch, who has close ties with the church. Read more: Queens Courier

Flash floods catch New Yorkers by surprise

A line of heavy showers that passed through parts of the city this afternoon has left some streets under water and some homeowners reporting flooded basements. The heavy rainfall temporarily shut down parts of the Grand Central Parkway, Van Wyck Expressway, as well as sections of the Clearview and Long Island Expressways. Read more: NY1

New York’s senior senator is calling for a “Nerd Bus” that would link up high tech hubs in Brooklyn and Queens with Roosevelt Island — and help some of the city’s brightest bulbs get around town. Read more: NY Daily News

Queens teacher shines in swimming at Transplant Games

Gutsy Queens teacher Alison Cain earned four swimming medals last weekend at an Olympic-style event for U.S. transplant patients — a feel-good triumph that was part medical, part miracle. Read more: NY Daily News